... Energy retrofit Energy efficiency Sustainable buildings Building efficiency The built environment accounts for over a third of global energy use through construction and building operation (IEA, 2019). Energy use results in greenhouse emissions that contribute to climate change, and improving...

...Samuel Ekung; Isaac Odesola; Michael Oladokun Purpose Across the globe, the dearth of certainty about the cost of sustainable buildings (SBs) remains a critical disincentive to their adoption. This study explored the factually incorrect knowledge about the cost of SBs and their implications...

... (β) and azimuth (Ψ) angle of PV panels for smart and sustainable buildings is studied. Findings The correlation of each set of polynomial equation (R²) is listed and had reached a highest value of 0.9792 (for order of 6) with lowest value of 0.1853 (for order of 1...

... professionals were aware of sustainable buildings, as mean scores measuring their awareness were higher than 2.5 on a scale of 1–5. The level of awareness of users was, however, low (mean score of 2.39). The users and the government regulatory agencies were identified by the stakeholders as being most...

...Sofiane Rahmouni; Rachid Smail Purpose The purpose of this paper is to achieve the national strategic agenda’s criteria that aim for accomplishing sustainable buildings by estimating the effects of energy efficiency measures in order to reduce energy consumption and CO₂ emission...